2017-02-08

Tool to Record Application Operation in Windows 10

Microsoft added a Game bar tool as part of the Game Mode in Windows 10. The Game bar has functions to do screen capture or recording, although the functions are implied for gaming on Windows 10, they do work with other applications and the recording function is especially useful because Microsoft did not have such feature in the previous versions of Windows; its competitor, Apple, has been supporting screen recording on OSX via the bundled QuickTime application for a very long time.

Now on Windows 10,  if you have the need to create Windows application demo video, you no longer need to find a 3rd party application for the job. Here is a walk-through video on the Record function in the Game bar to record application operations:


On the Game bar, you can click the gear icon to configure its Settings:


But in order to configure the recording quality, you need to launch the XBox app and  go to the Game DVR panel on its Settings and scroll down to the "Video encoding" options:


For more details on the Game bar's DVR settings, please review this official post